Chinese symbol for “inheritance”
遗产
yí chǎn
Traditional: 遺產
heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inheritance is 遗产 (yí chǎn), defined as: heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest; 笔 (bǐ).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inheritance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传承 (傳承) | chuán chéng | to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times) |
| 世袭 (世襲) | shì xí | succession; inheritance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗产.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 产品 (產品) | chǎn pǐn | goods; merchandise |
| 产生 (產生) | chǎn shēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inheritance”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.